tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post4989936338484225986..comments2024-03-20T06:55:57.193-07:00Comments on Born to Blog by Beth Kaplan: autumn thoughtsbethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09122791819498272634noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-67227837027034597462014-09-01T16:41:06.372-07:002014-09-01T16:41:06.372-07:00Oh I do embrace them, Carole, I do, and thank you ...Oh I do embrace them, Carole, I do, and thank you for your kind words. I didn't mean my post to be gloomy - just pondering what it means to be a "we" as opposed to a "me." A very different state of being. <br />It says on the sign there that the mill is named after Todmorden in England where the founders came from - like so many places in Canada, as you point out. bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122791819498272634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-76164986916457138312014-09-01T13:15:27.033-07:002014-09-01T13:15:27.033-07:00Oh no, in your sleep after a fabulous day with fam...Oh no, in your sleep after a fabulous day with family and friends......the onset of Autumn must be prompting gloomy thoughts.<br />Todmorden Mills made me think of all of the connections there are between Canada and the UK ; Todmorden is in the West Riding of Yorkshire and had several cotton mills in the heyday of the industrial revolution. North Yorks, Pickering, Malton, Whitby, Scarborough are all within fifteen miles of where I live in North Yorkshire. The early settlers couldn't leave Yorkshire fast enough!<br />Seems to me you have your life sorted Beth, loving family, good friends, stimulating work, a zest for life and of course the driving force in your life, writing....embrace them all, as I know you do.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00488806248910640920noreply@blogger.com